Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, opening a drug rehabilitation centre in Melbourne, May 2005

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, AC, DBE, (born 1909), philanthropist, is the widow of Australian media proprietor Sir Keith Murdoch and the mother of United States-based media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (784x1121, 162 KB)Photo taken by User:Adam Carr, May 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (784x1121, 162 KB)Photo taken by User:Adam Carr, May 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A media proprietor is a person who controls, either through personal ownership or a dominant position in a public company, a significant part of the mass media. ... Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (August 12, 1886 - October 4, 1952) was an Australian journalist and media mogul and the father of Rupert Murdoch. ... Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch (born March 11, 1931), is an Australian-born American media proprietor who is the majority shareholder and managing director of News Corporation, one of the worlds largest and most influential media corporations. ...

Born Elisabeth Green in Melbourne, Australia, Murdoch was educated at St Catherine's School and Clyde School. She married Keith Murdoch, 22 years her senior, in 1928, and inherited the bulk of his fortune when he died in 1952. Apart from Rupert, her children are Janet Calvert-Jones, Anne Kantor and Helen Handbury (1929-2004). She has a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and as of 2004 at least one great-great-grandchild. (In a 2003 interview she said she had 64 descendants.) Her namesake granddaughter, Elisabeth Murdoch, is prominent in the British business world and is married to Matthew Freud. The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central... Braemar House, Woodend. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, opening a drug rehabilitation centre in Melbourne, May 2005 Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, AC, DBE, (born February 1909), philanthropist, is the widow of Australian media proprietor Sir Keith Murdoch and the mother of United States-based media magnate Rupert Murdoch. ... Matthew Freud is head of Freud Communications Limited, and is a descendant of Sigmund Freud and relation of Lucien Freud and Clement Freud. ...

Murdoch is a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) and a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC). She also holds an award from the French government for funding an exhibition of works by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin in Melbourne in 2002. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand... The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Queen Elizabeth II on February 14, 1975 for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service. The Order includes three classes in general and military divisions, in descending order of... Auguste Rodin Rodins The Burghers of Calais in Calais, France. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Apart from raising her children, Murdoch has devoted her life to philanthropy. Before her marriage she worked as a volunteer for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She joined the management committee of the Royal Children's Hospital in 1933, serving as its president from 1954 to 1965. She is also a life-governor of the Royal Women's Hospital. She is Patron of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She was a founding member of the Deafness Foundation of Victoria. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is a charity in England and Wales that promotes animal welfare. ... The Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne, Australia is the major specialist paediatric hospital for Victoria offering a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and adolescents. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The Royal Womens Hospital, located in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton, is Australias largest specialist womens hospital, offering a full range of services in maternity, gynaecology, neonatal care and womens health. ...

The first woman on the council of trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, Murdoch was a founding member of the Victorian Tapestry Workshop. She is an honorary fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture, and funded and helped to establish the Elisabeth Murdoch Chair of Landscape Architecture and the Australian Garden History Society. In 1968 she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Melbourne in acknowledgement for her contributions to research, the arts and philanthropy. Trinity College installed her as a Fellow in 2000. Following extensive donations to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, a Tasmanian species of Boronia (B. elizabethiae) was named after her. The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The University of Melbourne   The Old Quad Building, formerly Old Law The University of Melbourne, located in Melbourne, in Victoria, is the second oldest university in Australia, behind the University of Sydney, and is one of the countrys most prestigious universities. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch with Rupert Murdoch and one of his sisters in 1937, departing Melbourne by sea for Britain

A 2003 article in the Melbourne newspaper The Age (see link below) said: "Few can rival Dame Elisabeth's enormous contribution. Her interests are so many they need to be alphabetically catalogued: academia, the arts, children, flora and fauna, heritage, medical research, social welfare. Few of Melbourne and Australia's most cherished institutions, from the Royal Children's Hospital to the Australian Ballet and the Botanic Gardens, have not benefited from her involvement. But Dame Elisabeth also devoted herself to less popular causes: prisoners, children in care, those battling mental illness and substance abuse." Download high resolution version (1119x860, 828 KB)this is a 67 year old news cutting and i presume it is out of copyright File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1119x860, 828 KB)this is a 67 year old news cutting and i presume it is out of copyright File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (August 12, 1886 - October 4, 1952) was an Australian journalist and media mogul and the father of Rupert Murdoch. ... Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch (born March 11, 1931), is an Australian-born American media proprietor who is the majority shareholder and managing director of News Corporation, one of the worlds largest and most influential media corporations. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... City of Melbourne Local Government Area State Victoria Lord Mayor John So (since 2001) Area 36 km² Population (2001) 57,960 Density 1,601/km² (1999) Greater Melbourne Subdivisions Local Government Areas Area 7,694 km² (1999) Population 2001 census (2nd in Australia) 3,555,321 Density 462. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ...

Elisabeth Murdoch retains a substantial stake in the Murdoch family's media businesses, and uses the proceeds to fund her extensive donations to charity. She is known to have considerable influence with her son Rupert Murdoch, which she usually exercises in the direction of moderation. She is known to have disapproved of the behaviour of some of his British tabloid newspapers, and as a result Rupert is said to have reined in some of their sexual content.

Murdoch's property, Cruden Farm near Cranbourne south-east of Melbourne, is one of Australia's finest examples of landscape gardening and is regularly open to the public. She is a popular figure in the area, where she has donated to many local charities, and is known locally as "the Dame." At 96 she is in vigorous health and maintains a busy schedule of committee meetings and charity functions. Cranbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Landscape gardening refers to the art of creating a sculptured look to large or small scale gardens. ...

A tapestry portrait of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch may be seen here. This article is about tapestry the textile. ...